Postwar life of the Schaap family; funeral for Dr. Amir
Creator(s)
- Eli Schaap
- Maurits Schaap (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
Maurits Schaap was in hiding in Axel near Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
Scope and Content
Men with yarmulkes exit a building. INTs, dark. Cars on a street, one with "USA" and numbers on the hood. An elder with a top-hat gets into a car. CUs, adults, one pins flower on lapel. 00:37:21 In London, pan, up and down of a stone statue. Sign advertising "Yehudi Menuhin" concert at Royal Albert Hall (maybe in June 1946). British soldiers. Lake. 00:38:48 Street traffic and sightseeing to the Parliament and Westminster and around London's cinemas (films opened in 1946). 00:40:16 Israel Legation in Amsterdam. Funeral procession for Dr. Michael Amir, the Israel envoy to the Netherlands, on June 21, 1954. He was a Jewish diplomat. Representation of multiple military units. The procession proceeds past a sign marked "Clingendael" before the coffin is placed within a hearse. The vehicle departs.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Eli Schaap
Note(s)
Videotape label: "Hiding during WWII, War Years, and Amir"
Subjects
- SIGNS/POSTERS
- JEWS
- POSTWAR
- DIPLOMATS
- STREETS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (BRITISH)
- TOURISM/SIGHTSEEING
- FUNERALS
Places
- London, England
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genre
- Film
- Amateur.